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Alleged N.C. bank robber captured in Hinesville

A North Carolina man wanted for two bank robberies in Charlotte was captured Monday in Hinesville.

The U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Task Force, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Department and Hinesville Police arrested 46-year-old Thomas A. Hammond at the EconoLodge motel on U.S. 84 after learning he’d been living there and working on Fort Stewart, said Tommy Long, U.S. Marshals spokesman.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department alleges Hammond robbed banks there in August and September.

The suspect was captured without incident and transported to the Liberty County jail to await extradition to North Carolina, Long said.

Abercorn lane closures on southside continue

Georgia Department of Transportation contractors will close two eastbound lanes of Abercorn Street on Savannah’s southside Saturday and Sunday for construction.

The lanes will close from 7 a.m. through 7 p.m. on both days, weather permitting, from around Largo Drive through Wilshire Boulevard.

Motorists are advised to expect delays in the area, use extreme caution, reduce their speed and be alert to changing traffic conditions in work zones. Use alternate routes when possible.